Böcker av Paul (Iowa State University) Griffiths

This book represents the accumulation of many years of experience and also a decade of academic research.Aligning Strategy and Technology is the object of many organisations, but few have ever managed to achieve this with any noteworthy degree of success.Paul Griffiths has been involved in such organisations and has made a major contribution to both strategic thinking and the planning and implementation of these technological achievements.Paul has combined his experience and knowledge into a hybrid book which both discusses the theory of strategic technology alignment and also provides case study descriptions of how this has been done in practice. The case studies used are examples which have been written by leading researchers in the field.I have pleasure in highly recommending this book to academics who need a solid text for teaching, to researchers who require a base line from which to conduct further research ant to practitioners who wish to keep up to date with the latest thinking in the field.

A major study of the transformation of early modern London. By focusing on policing, prosecution, and the language and perceptions of the authorities and the underclasses, Paul Griffiths explores the swift growth of London and the changes to its cultures, communities, and environments. Through a series of thematic chapters he maps problem areas and people; reconstructs the atmosphere of the streets; and traces the development of policing in the city. The book provided the first full study of petty crime before 1660, analysing worlds and words of crime, criminal rings and cultures, and tracking changing meanings of crime to reveal alternative emphases on environmental crimes and crimes committed by women. It also examines the key roles of Bridewell prison, hospitals, medical provision, and penal practices, shedding light on investigation, detection, surveillance, and public prosecution. Viewed through this fascinating account, the city will never look the same again.